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Central Texas Artifacts Collection |
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| Type: | Pedernales - Originally referred to as "Pedernales Indented Base" by J.C. Kelley from Central Texas examples. Named after the Pedernales River which flows through the distribution area of this type. |
| Estimated Age: | Middle Archaic: 2000 B.C. - 1200 B.C. |
| Occurrence: | Very common in Central Texas and extends into the Lower Pecos and South Texas. |
| Characteristics: | There is quite a bit of variation within the Pedernales type. It ranges from a narrow to a broad, leaf-shaped body. The Pedernales is extremely common in Central Texas and examples are found in many stages of manufacture and use. Generally the lateral edges are straight to slightly convex. Shoulders vary from week to strongly barbed. The key characteristic of the Pedernales is the stem. Stems are primarily rectangular, although some occur with expanding or contracting stems towards the base. There is sometimes a bulbous appearance at the neck of the stem. (This is sometimes the thickest point on a finely crafted Pedernales.) Bases range from slightly concave to deeply bifurcated. When deeply bifurcated, the basal corners may range from sharply pointed to rounded. The base and stem have usually been thinned by the removal of one broad, flute-like flake on one or both sides or sevral small longitudinal flakes upward from the base. |
| Similar Types: | Strongly barbed Pedernales points may resemble Marshall points in outline. |
| Comments: | Very common in Central Texas with much variation within the type. |
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